"Gulp." Lily gulped hard, she could guess what was in the box, Mansou had made it explicit, no need to think, it must be a Devil Fruit.
Lily carefully opened the box and gently held out the contents, although she hadn't heard of a Devil Fruit being broken or anything like that, there was nothing wrong with being careful.
Taking the devil fruit out of the box and placing it on the table, what caught her eyes was a fruit that looked like a dragon fruit, vermillion colored skin, patterns like burning feathers, and the most amazing thing was the leaves on top of it, from the side it looked like a bird with its wings spreading out, elegant, and beautiful.
"So beautiful." Lily looked at the Devil Fruit with stars in her eyes, she even kind of couldn't bear to eat it, the fruit was so beautiful.
"Animal Department - Bird Bird Fruit, how about it? Meets your requirements, doesn't it." Wanshou proudly lifted his chin with his arms around his chest, this fruit had been in his hands for many years, when he first found out what kind of fruit Lily wanted, he was ready to give it to Lily, but in order to continue to examine Lily's heart, he said to himself over and over again to wait, wait, wait, he was afraid that sudden power would affect Lily's heart, he had seen too many of these people in his life, after eating the Devil's Fruit, he thought that After eating the Devil Fruit, he thought that he was invincible, and threw away all the dreams he once had, and only enjoyed himself. He was afraid, afraid that Lily would become like that, and that the student he was going to entrust to himself, the disciple who would help him fulfill his dreams, would become that kind of wasted person.
Until today, Lily had finally completed his test, the more and more skillful Seeing Color Hegemony, the Armed Color Hegemony that continued to solidify, the Overlord Color Hegemony that congealed but did not dissipate, the growing body, the advancing sword skills, the skillful healing arts, and the various knowledge that was being constantly learned, Lily was his perfect successor, no, Lily would surpass him, surpass him, the incompetent sinner, and bring a real change to this world.
"Master, what exactly is the fruit, just tell me." Lily guessed that Wanshou definitely knew what kind of fruit it was, except that his bad taste was back, if she didn't ask along with his thoughts, he definitely wouldn't say more, three years down the line, Lily had a good feel for Wanshou's old codger's character.
"Heh heh heh heh, wanna know."
"Mmmmmmmmmm." Lily nodded pretending she couldn't wait.
"Just don't tell you." With a sly smile, Mansou smoothly grabbed the fruit on the table and shoved it directly towards Lily's mouth, "Swallow it for me!"
"Don't even think about it!" Lily instantly out of the block, both sides just sit so an attack a block, there are back and forth set of moves, this is two people usually often play the routine, usually grab the book, grab the rice and so on two people will be so dry, and even sometimes will be pulled on the squeak together.
The two people fooled around for a while, Wan Shou first stopped, and threw the Devil Fruit to Lily.
"Don't worry, it's definitely something good, a branch of the animal system's bird bird fruit, as for what exactly, you eat it yourself and you'll know, guarantee you'll be satisfied, but go outside when you eat it."
"Oh" Lily casually took the fruit, stood up and bowed to Mansou, the playfulness of earlier was playful, proper etiquette was still required.
Lily held the Devil Fruit and went to the door, and Wanshou also put Zee, who was still sleeping, on his shoulder and went out of the door together.
Staring at the Devil Fruit in his hand, Lily began to take deep breaths, he had heard others talk about the Devil Fruit, each Devil Fruit was worth at least 100 million Bells (I don't understand why it was still 100 million Bells to start with later after inflation), it was the absolute secret treasure of the great sea.
"Ah..." Lily opened her mouth wide and took a bite.
"Vom--"Lily covered her mouth in a hurry and almost spit out the Devil Fruit, the taste was too special, just like the smell of Kaido's stinky shoes that hadn't been brushed for a few weeks plus the stinky slop from the cafeteria that had been put together and then fermented, but it was very strange that she hadn't even swallowed it yet, and her mouth was still full of it. Before swallowing, the fruit in his mouth flowed down his throat as if it was melting.
Looking at the remaining two thirds of the fruit in her hand, Lily was very hesitant, the taste just now was too unforgettable, but for the sake of the fruit ability, Lily still forced herself to eat all the rest of the fruit, but it's strange to say that, obviously it's the same fruit, except for the first mouthful, the remaining two mouthfuls don't have any special flavor, and won't melt like the first mouthful, it's just as if she's eaten a fruit with no flavor.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, hahahahahahahaha, fruit, fruit, it's too funny to observe a person eating a devil fruit." Wanshou and sleepy Squeak covered their stomachs and laughed at the same time, both of them are devil fruit power users, they naturally know how bad the taste of devil fruit is, and they couldn't stop laughing when they saw Lily eating the whole fruit all the way through, "Idiot, this one is only useful for the first bite, you don't have to eat all of it."
"Hey! Stinky old man! Why didn't you say so earlier!" Lily pretended to be angry and shouted at Wanshou, at the same time, she hugged Zee Zee and pulled her cheeks, "And you, thanks to me usually treating you so well, but even pit me with the stinky old man."
"Zee, Zee, Zee." Squeak hurriedly explained.
"Are you saying that the old man told you not to tell me?"
"Squeak," Squeak nodded in a hurry.
"All right, you little devil." Lily flexed her fingers and popped Squeak in the head before placing Squeak on the floor.
"Hahahaha, stop playing around and try your powers." Manju did his best to control his smile as he spoke to Lily.
"Right, fruit ability, hold on, I'll try it." Lily closed her eyes and began to feel the power of the Devil Fruit, slowly, Lily's figure began to grow larger, a vermillion feather stretched out from Lily's body, her legs thinned out to become a bird's foot, at the same time a hint of fire appeared on top of Lily's circumference, after a few seconds a huge vermillion colored giant bird clad in flames stood in front of Wanshou, the giant bird flapped its wings and turned its head from left to right to observe the surroundings, this peculiar viewpoint made Lily very curious, but did not feel awkward at all, as if she was born that way.
"Hurry up! Fly a little and see!" Wanshou urged from the side.
"I'll try!" Lily agreed and unfolded her wings, visually the wingspan was almost 15 - 17 meters, Lily slowly stirred her wings, in an instant, the whistling gale blew by, and Lily gradually detached herself from the ground, this speed wasn't fast because Lily was still a bit unfamiliar with flying with wings.
But soon, as if the knowledge contained in the Devil Fruit, Lily understood how to fly, she stirred her wings and flew freely in the air, and as Lily flew, the full appearance of the large vermillion bird had been revealed, the long tail feathers fluttered behind Lily, while the stars of sparks were also sown behind her as she flew, it was beautiful to behold.
After flying for a while, Lily landed back on the ground, the feeling of flying was everyone's dream, the feeling was addictive.
"Beautiful, beautiful." Wanshou walked over with clapping.
"Master!" Lily ran forward and hugged Wanshou, "Thank you."
"Hahaha, it's fine, this fruit has been in my hand for a long time, perhaps it was waiting for you." Wanshou didn't blame Lily for losing her cool, he wasn't as calm as Lily when he just ate the Devil Fruit.
"By the way, Master, what kind of fruit is this?" Lily once again opened her mouth to ask, this is a very serious question, just felt it herself, that power is by no means the ability of an ordinary Devil Fruit, there is no doubt that it is a Phantom Beast Seed Fruit, and the Phantom Beast Seed Fruit has a characteristic that the development of the ability comes more from the legend, knowing the name of the Devil Fruit and checking the corresponding legend, it is able to develop the power of the Devil Fruit in a much more convenient way.
"Oh, almost forgot, the name of this fruit is"
"Animal System - Bird Bird Fruit - Phantom Beast Species"
"Vermilion Bird Fruit!"
I'm eating with my family over the holidays, sorry for the late posting